The military alphabet is also known as the IRDS (International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet) and was developed for radio communications by the military. It is also used by NATO and has 27 code words which represent each letter of the alphabet.

Below is a list of the phonetic military alphabet in alphabetical order.

• A = ALPHA
• B = BRAVO
• C = CHARLIE
• D = DELTA
• E = ECHO
• F = FOXTROT
• G = GOLF
• H = HOTEL
• I = INDIA
• J = JULIET
• K = KILO
• L = LIMA
• M = MIKE
• N = NOVEMBER
• O = OSCAR
• P = PAPA
• Q = QUEBEC
• R = ROMEO
• S = SIERRA
• T = TANGO
• U = UNIFORM
• V = VICTOR
• W = WHISKEY
• X = X-RAY
• Y = YANKEE
• Z = ZULU

Here it is again, without the alphabet:

• ALPHA
• BRAVO
• CHARLIE
• DELTA
• ECHO
• FOXTROT
• GOLF
• HOTEL
• INDIA
• JULIET
• KILO
• LIMA
• MIKE
• NOVEMBER
• OSCAR
• PAPA
• QUEBEC
• ROMEO
• SIERRA
• TANGO
• UNIFORM
• VICTOR
• WHISKEY
• X-RAY
• YANKEE
• ZULU